Johnson had 13 top-40 R&B hits between 1967 and 1975 including Different Strokes, We Did It, Take Me To The River, Is It Because I'm Black, Come On Sock It To Me and Back For A Taste Of Your Love.
Syl Johnson, revered and oft-sampled soul singer, dead at 85
https://www.howtofinance.online/syl-...er-dead-at-85/
Davis was the second wife of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1968-69). She released nine singles and four albums. Her biggest hit – if you can call it that – was If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up, which reached #66 on Billboard's R&B chart in September 1973.
Betty Davis, boundary-smashing funk singer, dead at 77
https://www.billboard.com/music/musi...ad-1235029162/
McDonald co-founded King Crimson in 1968 and played sax on their debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King. He co-founded Foreigner in 1976 and was a member for four years, playing guitar, sax, flute and keyboards on the band's first three albums. McDonald also recorded with Ian Lloyd, Steve Hackett and John Wetton and released two solo albums.
Ian McDonald, founding member of Foreigner and King Crimson, dies at 75
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/...an-1235178225/
Reitman was also executive producer of the Beethoven, Delta House and Mummies Alive! television series.
Ivan Reitman, Ghostbuster director, dead at 75
Acclaimed filmmaker behind Meatballs, Stripes, Twins and Kindergarten Cop also produced Animal House.
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...-obit-1299688/
Los Bravos formed in 1965 in Mallorca. Lead singer Mike Kogel was born in Germany. They released six studio albums and 27 singles and had eight top-ten hits in Spain. Their biggest US hits were Black Is Black, which reached #4 in October 1966, and Bring A Little Lovin', which reached #51 in June 1968.
Los Bravos bassist Miguel Vicens Danus dies at 78
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com...a-aged-78.html
O'Rourke authored 21 books, served as editor-in-chief of National Lampoon, wrote articles for Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator and many other publications and was a regular panelist on NPR''s Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!
P.J. O'Rourke, influential satirist and commentator, dies at 74
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...s-74-rcna16378
The Manhattans had 33 top-40 R&B hits between 1965 and 1985 including Crazy, One Life To Live, Shining Star, Kiss & Say Goodbye and There's No Me Without You. With Tyson as a member (1993 to 2022), the Manhattans released five CDs and two singles. None charted.
David Tyson of the Manhattans dies at 62
https://www.soultracks.com/story-david-tyson-dies
Nelson was originally a session drummer, playing on Alley Oop, A Thousand Stars, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Gene Vincent's Crazy Times and many other songs. Nelson released 35 singles and 30 albums and had three top-ten hits: Teen Beat in 1959, Let There Be Drums in 1961 and Drums Are My Beat in 1962.
Sandy Nelson, influential early rock drummer, dies at 83
https://bestclassicbands.com/sandy-n...ummer-2-16-22/
Pearlman played Joy Fletcher in six episodes of Chicago Justice (2017), played Martha in five episodes of the BET+ sitcom The Ms. Pat Show (2021) and played Karen in six episodes of UrbanflixTV's Vicious (2021).
General Hospital actor Lindsey Pearlman found dead after vanishing 5 days ago
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/linds...b08ee35ee28657
Wray was the brother of country singer Collin Raye (whose real name is Floyd Collin Wray). Wray co-wrote several songs for Miranda Lambert and co-wrote several songs on Collin Raye's 2020 CD Scars, including the title track, which Raye recorded as a duet with Lambert.
Miranda Lambert songwriter and longtime guitarist Scotty Wray dies
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/m...tty-wray-dies/
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